Laase v. 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice

(dissenting).

“The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.” — James Madison, Speech in the Virginia Constitutional Convention, (Dec. 2, 1829), in 9 The Writings of James Madison 358, 361 (Gaillard Hunt ed. 1910).

I respectfully dissent. The ability of a government entity to seize a person’s private property is among the most awesome powers a government can wield, and as such, its use is generally disfavored. Because this power is so awesome and disfavored, we have in the…